Camden Community Development Corp. v. Sutton

Ray THORNTON, Justice.

In 1998, appellant, Camden Community Development Corporation, sought permission to rezone its property from a zoning category of RS-2 (residential) to a zoning category of M-2 (manufacturing). The City of Camden Planning Commission (the Commission) recommended appellant’s proposal to the Board of Alderman of the City of Camden (the City Board). On September 8, 1998, the proposal faded to be adopted by the City Board.

After the City Board’s failure to approve the proposed rezoning, appellant circulated an initiated petition seeking to put the issue on the November ballot.…